The Ventura Shellfish Enterprise (VSE), a multi-party collaboration to grow sustainably cultivated mussels in the Santa Barbara Channel near Ventura, will hold the first of a series of public information workshops on February 16, 2017. The workshop will provide an introduction to the benefits of shellfish aquaculture, how this crop is grown worldwide, and the specifics of the project proposed for Ventura.
Supported by a $300,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the National Sea Grant College Program, it is anticipated that the Ventura Port District, as a member of VSE, will obtain all the permits and entitlements needed for cultivation of mussels that will be farmed by commercial fisherman in leased areas and landed at existing fish off-loading facilities in the Ventura Harbor…
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